Messages in this thread | | | From | "Russell Coker - mailing lists account" <> | Date | Thu, 19 Jun 97 23:45:59 +1100 | Subject | cli() / sti() |
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I'm in the middle of hacking the eql driver and I've found a bunch of cti()/sti() pairs. What should I do with them? I recall reading that their use is deprecated unless you're dealing with IRQ handlers (not for a meta device driver) so should I just replace them with spin-locks or would I need to do more than this?
What is a good strategy for approaching older code with cli()?
For those who are interested I'm trying to make the eql driver handle multiple eql devices. A single eql device is not enough for an ISP server, I plan to raise the limit to 256.
Russell Coker
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